Author: Roger T. GrangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Salvage Archeology in the Red Willow Reservoir, Nebraska
Author: Roger T. GrangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Archeology of the High Plains
Author: James H. GunnersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Archaeology of the High Plains
Author: James H. GunnersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publications in Salvage Archeology
Author: River Basin SurveysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Archaeology on the Great Plains
Author: W. Raymond WoodPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700610006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to central Canada, North America's great interior grasslands were home to nomadic hunters and semisedentary farmers for almost 11,500 years before the arrival of Euro-American settlers. Pan-continental trade between these hunters and horticulturists helped make the lifeways of Plains Indians among the richest and most colorful of Native Americans. This volume is the first attempt to synthesize current knowledge on the cultural history of the Great Plains since Wedel's Prehistoric Man on the Great Plains became the standard reference on the subject almost forty years ago. Fourteen authors have undertaken the task of examining archaeological phenomena through time and by region to present a systematic overview of the region's human history. Focusing on habitat and cultural diversity and on the changing archaeological record, they reconstruct how people responded to the varying environment, climate, and biota of the grasslands to acquire the resources they needed to survive. The contributors have analyzed archaeological artifacts and other evidence to present a systematic overview of human history in each of the five key Plains regions: Southern, Central, Middle Missouri, Northeastern, and Northwestern. They review the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Plains Village peoples and tell how their cultural traditions have continued from ancient to modern times. Each essay covers technology, diet, settlement, and adaptive patterns to give readers an understanding of the differences and similarities among groups. The story of Plains peoples is brought into historical focus by showing the impacts of Euro-American contact, notably acquisition of the horse and exposure to new diseases. Featuring 85 maps and illustrations, Archaeology on the Great Plains is an exceptional introduction to the field for students and an indispensable reference for specialists. It enhances our understanding of how the Plains shaped the adaptive strategies of peoples through time and fosters a greater appreciation for their cultures.
Kansas Archaeology
Author: Robert J. HoardPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Synthesizes what is known about the cultural (human) history of Kansas from 10,000 B.C. to the nineteenth century. This significant contribution to Plains archaeology provides the reader with the first comprehensive overview of the subject in nearly fifty years.
Nebraska Highway Archeological and Historical Salvage Investigations, 1969-1975
Author: Terry L. SteinacherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Archaeological Geology of the Archaic Period in North America
Author: E. Arthur Bettis IIIPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813722977
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
The Archaic Period is the longest and one of the most transitional of the cultural periods in North America. Its exact date varied across the continent, but it is distinguished from the earlier Paleo-Indian cultures by new styles of projectile points and other artifacts, and from the later prehistor
Bibliography of Salvage Archeology in the United States
Author: Jerome E. PetschePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Medicine Creek
Author: Donna C. RoperPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817311475
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This valuable book is an excellent overview of long-term archaeological investigations in the valley that remains at the forefront of studies on the First Americans. In southwest Nebraska, a stretch of Medicine Creek approximately 20 kilometers long holds a remarkable concentration of both late Paleoindian and late prehistoric sites. Unlike several nearby similar and parallel streams that drain the divide between the Platte and Republican Rivers, Medicine Creek has undergone 70 years of archaeological excavations that reveal a long occupation by North America's earliest inhabitants. Donna Roper has collected the written research in this volume that originated in a conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1947 River Basin Survey. In addition to 12 chapters reviewing the long history of archaeological investigations at Medicine Creek, the volume contains recent analyses of and new perspectives on old sites and old data. Two of the sites discussed are considered for pre-Clovis status because they show evidence of human modification of mammoth faunal remains in the late Pleistocene Age. Studies of later occupation of Upper Republican phase sites yield information on the lifeways of Plains village people. Presented by major investigators at Medicine Creek, the contributions are a balanced blend of the historical research and the current state-of-the-art work and analysis. Roper's comprehensive look at the archaeology, paleontology, and geomorphology at Medicine Creek gives scientists and amateurs a full assessment of a site that has taught us much about the North American continent and its early people.